Seoul
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Seoul
- /səʊl/ UK
- /soʊl/ US
Sounds like sole, soul, sowl · Rhymes with -əʊl
Where it comes from
From French Séoul, from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”), originally from Claude-Charles Dallet's French-based romanization of Korean, reinforced by the 1959 South Korean Ministry of Education romanization of Korean, which transcribed the Korean vowel ㅓ (/ʌ/) with the digraph "eo" and which was official until 1984.
Note that English Seoul predates the Revised Romanization romanization of Seoul. The two romanization systems simply produce identical forms.
proper noun Sior
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The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.
The Joint Commission provided for in the Moscow agreement began its work at Seoul, the ancient capital of Korea, on March 20, 1946. This Commission, which was, of course, the key element in the plan agreed upon at Moscow, was deadlocked almost from the start.
Similar: Hanseong, Hanyang, Keijō, Han-ch'eng
- the South Korean government To that end, Seoul and Taipei signed a reciprocal driver’s license agreement in February, with immediate effect, to make driving easier for visitors on each side, he said.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: korea, beijing, korean, tokyo, dong, saul, rok, capital, soul, south, torrent, first, sool, sol, sole, alone
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name capital of South Korea
| Español | Seúl |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ソウル Souru |
| 中文 | 首爾 /首尔 Shǒu'ěr, 漢城 /汉城 Hànchéng |
| हिन्दी | सिऊल siūl, सियूल siyūl, सियोल siyol |
| Português | Seul |
| Français | Séoul |
| Deutsch | Seoul, Söul, Soul |
| Italiano | Seul, Seoul |
| Ελληνικά | Σεούλ Seoúl |
| Română | Seul |
| Русский | Сеу́л Seúl |
| Tiếng Việt | Xơ-un, Xê-un, Hán Thành |
| العربية | سِيئُول sīʔūl, سِيُول siyūl, سُول sōl |
| עברית | סיאול |
Talk about this word "Seoul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seoul. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Seoul. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seoul "Seoul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seoul.Cite this
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title = {Seoul},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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